Unique Books and Literary Gifts

Founded in 2011, Notting Hill Editions is an independent British publisher of beautiful and collectable books for the curious reader. They make perfect gifts for lovers of books and handsome objects.

Ways of Telling

by Xandra Bingley

‘The settings of these pieces are hugely varied but Bingley brings a penetrating eye and sharp wit to their many different milieus . . . As well as being inventively and compellingly written, the book is often darkly funny . . . Marvellous.’ Peter Parker, Spectator

On the Couch: Twenty Extraodinary Personalities from Picasso to Putin

by Andrew Jamieson

On the Couch throws new light on the motivations and desires of some of our most memorable personalities.

‘Perceptive, highly intelligent … Jamieson’s summaries of psychoanalytic ideas are invaluable. But the excitement lies in the authoritative way the author illuminates key theories by applying them to the lives of 20 truly remarkable individuals whose names are famous -even if the detail of their lives is not so well known … Fascinating.’ Bel Mooney, Mail on Sunday

‘An impressively accessible introduction to psychotherapy that balances its inherent complexities with familiar, personal touchstones.’ Kirkus

How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

by Stephen Johnson

Winner of the 2021 Rubery Book Award

‘An intensely readable, highly personal analysis of the major works of a composer.’ Norman Lebrecht, Wall Street Journal

‘Profoundly moving.’ The Sunday Times

‘How Shostakovich Changed My Mind is one of the most powerful, honest, and profound revelations that exists on what it is that music means and does: it’s just an essential document.’ Tom Service, Presenter, ‘Music Matters’